Service Delivery Options for Meeting Rural Needs: Thinking Outside the Box Caption Colorado Remote Captioning and what it can mean for Rural or Remote access
From a California teacher Many of my students have commented on the helpfulness of having streaming text in real time of the lecture. - J. Marso, Grossmont College
About Caption Colorado Nation’s largest provider of captioning Captioning since 1991 Full service including Captioning, Text Streaming, Transcription, Post-Production 150+ Realtime Captioners 50+ Offline Transcribers Annually: 150,000 Realtime Hours Daily: 500 Shows, Events, Calls, Classes
Caption Colorado Known for Realtime Captioning
North Carolina Arkansas Tennessee New Jersey Federal Relay Hawaii Coming soon RCC – Conference Call Captioning Free captioning is available in several states for phone calls, conference calls, online meetings, Webcasts and other “remote” events. Provided through State Relay:
What it takes to make it happen Audio –Audio bridge to a phone jack –USB Wireless microphone (VoIP) –Cellular phone Internet or Mobile Device –Low Bandwidth: no high-speed required –Laptop or PC: no special software –Projector and laptop combination –Blackberry –Smart phone
Delivery Possibilities Any Internet-connected PC or Laptop Blackberry Smart Phone TV Online Meeting and Webcast Stadium Scoreboard Videotape DVD Web Videos (Windows Media, Real, QuickTime, Flash)
Remote Realtime Captioning In Action Font Color, Font Size Background Color Speed of Delivery Highlighted New Text Resizable Window Each viewer can change:
Two Way Service Dialogue between the student and their instructor or cohorts Voiced by the captioner
Instant Transcript Save transcript as text file or Web page Save to your desktop immediately after event concludes Distribute, share, post online – unlimited possibilities
Collaborative Tools Caption Colorado is the preferred captioning provider for: WebEx Wimba Adobe Connect Microsoft Live Meeting Elluminate EventBuilder Centra Polycom
Integrated captioning with WebEx
Integrated captioning with Adobe Connect
Integrated captioning
Wimba Captioning integrated inside Wimba
The interpreter “window” can be moved to a variety of locations on the computer screen to be able to see the PowerPoint slides. Also, this window can be minimized or cancelled if necessary by the participant (not the instructor). Interpreter Captioner
Advantages of Remote Realtime Anywhere, anytime Availability Multiple Delivery Possibilities Complete back-up and redundancy Short notice scheduling and online ordering Full Technical Support Subject Matter Expertise Transparency Simultaneous viewing by multiple participants Remote Classroom monitoring Instant Transcript available for all students, parents, administrators
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From an award-winning instructor I recommend Caption Colorado to anyone needing real-time captioning but especially to anyone new to working with this technology because their staff is ready to help you get set up step-by- step. Thank you Caption Colorado for helping me provide this important, dynamic aspect to my teaching. –J. Marso, Grossmont-Cuyamaca, CA Innovator of the Year for School Year